Gmina Opalenica is an urban-rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Nowy Tomyśl County

Nowy Tomysl County

Nowy Tomyśl County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nowy Tomyśl,...

, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the town of Opalenica

Opalenica

Opalenica is a town in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 9,861 inhabitants .The noble de Opalenica Opaliński family originated here as lords of the area and a branch of the de Bnin Bniński family of Clan Łodzia.There was a narrow-gauge railway in Opalenica but it closed...

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nowy Tomyśl

Nowy Tomysl

Nowy Tomyśl is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County. The population is 15,627 ....

 and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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The gmina covers an area of 147.69 square kilometres (57 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,588 (out of which the population of Opalenica amounts to 9,104, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,484).

Villages

Apart from the town of Opalenica, Gmina Opalenica contains the villages and settlements of Dakowy Mokre

Dakowy Mokre

Dakowy Mokre is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

, Drapak

Drapak, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Drapak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Jastrzębniki

Jastrzebniki, Nowy Tomysl County

Jastrzębniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Kopanki

Kopanki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Kopanki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Kozłowo, Łagwy, Łęczyce, Niegolewo

Niegolewo

Niegolewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Porażyn

Porazyn

Porażyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Porażyn-Dworzec

Porazyn-Dworzec

Porażyn-Dworzec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Porażyn-Ośrodek

Porazyn-Osrodek

Porażyn-Ośrodek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Porażyn-Tartak

Porazyn-Tartak

Porażyn-Tartak is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Rudniki

Rudniki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Rudniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Sielinko

Sielinko

Sielinko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland....

, Sielinko-Osada

Sielinko-Osada

Sielinko-Osada is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Stary Bukowiec

Stary Bukowiec, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Stary Bukowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland....

, Terespotockie

Terespotockie

Terespotockie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Troszczyn

Troszczyn

Troszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Urbanowo

Urbanowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Urbanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Uścięcice

Usciecice

Uścięcice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

 and Wojnowice

Wojnowice, Nowy Tomysl County

Wojnowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica, within Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Opalenica, east of Nowy Tomyśl, and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Opalenica is bordered by the gminas of Buk

Gmina Buk

Gmina Buk is an urban-rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Buk, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Duszniki

Gmina Duszniki

Gmina Duszniki is a rural gmina in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Duszniki, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Granowo

Gmina Granowo

Gmina Granowo is a rural gmina in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Granowo, which lies approximately east of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Kuślin

Gmina Kuslin

Gmina Kuślin is a rural gmina in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kuślin, which lies approximately north-east of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań....

 and Nowy Tomyśl

Gmina Nowy Tomysl

Gmina Nowy Tomyśl is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Tomyśl, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań....

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